Marsha's Email ArchiveDear Educators and friends, So much has happened this year that it is really hard for me to put it into words. We are now ending another wonderful year of Globaldreamers and evidence of this tremendous year is all over the site and I thank you all warmly. We wish to go on dreaming with you all always!! Special thanks to everyone in the project for the wonderful contributions to the site and I am so glad so many teachers have been writing to say how useful the share materials are and how much kids enjoy them. On July 2nd, 2006, my birthday I will be leaving for my trip to San Diego, California for the GSN award at the NECC conference. I am thrilled and excited and will be thinking of all of you on July 5th upon receiving this award in a spotlight session organized by the Globalschool net. Janet and I will be meeting for the first time and Nicki and I will be meeting at Driggs School in Waterbury, Connecticut. I will also be visiting Oak Park School with Janet. We are both thrilled and excited and she will be part of the audience cheering on my behalf along with Karen Eini of Friends and flags, both special friends and former champions! Last but not least my Moshe my best friend and fan, (my husband will be there ) cheering with all of them on your behalf. I
will be gone a month as I will also be visiting friends and family. I will be in touch with all of you in August again to inform you of the latest news and share my trip with all of you. There will be a diary of the dreaming traveller on the site and you can join in my dreams!! Wishing you all a wonderful summer full of
dreams and enjoyment. Dear Teachers, Dear Friends, I know that many teachers
are busy closing the year with the kids and we appreciate the wonderful
contributions teaching from around the world are sending to share. I wish to extend a warm welcome to Lin from China and Chul Soo Lee of South Korea our latest global partners and friends. Thank you for your contributions and I thank all of the educators who make globaldreamers the success that it is. I will be flying to San Diego on July 3rd to receive my award for my work with all of you and will be thinking of all of you. The Global Schoolnet award is a tremendous honor and I am grateful to all of you. In addition,
I wanted to tell you all that our work on the Holocaust also received
an award from the University of Hartford, Connecticut. My family received
the award on my behalf. Soon there will be a movie
on line about this event and when it is up I will send the link to all
of you. This award has special meaning to me personally and this unit
gives hope to many people around the world. Best wishes and looking forward
to hearing from all of you, Dear Friends, See: You
are invited to send in pictures of Moms and kids, drawings, stories,
poems and songs about Moms. Any work will be accepted. I will be going to San Diego to the
NECC conference on July 3rd and if anyone is coming please let me know
as I would love to meet you. I know I will be meeting Janet for the first
time and hopefully seeing Nicki too . Best wishes for a wonderful summer holiday and keep in
touch. To all the Globaldreamers, Teaching others to be patient and tolerant is a lesson that should be essential in all of tomorrow's youth. The many schools that participated in this innitiative have come together to say, We will never forget nor will we keep our eyes closed to such atrocities. Thank
you warmly, Dear Friends, And also
Israel's 58th Independence day. Spring is also
just beautiful and we invite you to send in materials. We know many schools
are coming to an end and please take advantage of our winning Global
Virtual classroom site. It is awesome and the kids will love it. I hope you are all well and will continue dreaming with us always. Marsha Goren May 3, 2006 Dear Educators and friends in Globaldreamers, If you click
on the link and scroll down you will see the winning entry Different
people, different countries, same dreams. It is truly an example
of global collaboration between a school in Israel, the USA and India.
I am so proud of the kids for the hard and dedicated work. I wish to thank Janet warmly for the most incredible experience of working with her and the kids. She is a unique educator and human being. It was an unbelievable learning experience for everyone involved. I also wish
to congratulate our Globaldreamer educator Milana from Russia who won
second prize with their wonderful unit In the world of tales with a school
from the USA and Mexico.Their work is wonderful and I recommend that
everyone see it!! It is Israel's 58th birthday today.
I received the announcement during Remembrance day. Of course
I could not let anyone know on this sad day. I am sending you pictures
of the event at our school where we lost 14 graduates through the wars.
It indeed was a hard day. I am sharing our school day with all of you. I wish to thank Nicki from the USA for her contributions to share and spring and Patrick of Cyprus for the information about Easter. Share has much to offer, enjoy the materials. Hoping to hear from all of you. April 28, 2006 Dear friends, See Spring our current project and we invite
you to send your materials. You may also see the Holocaust unit. I know I will be meeting Janet and Yaffa from Oak Park and Nicki from Waterbury. I have met Nicki a few years ago and she is a wonderful person and active globaldreamer! I can not wait to see both of them!!! Janet and I have never met before so we are both delighted. Winning GSN has delighted me so much and I thank you all for your warm wishes and participation. Best
wishes and hoping to hear from all of you soon, April 19, 2006 Dear Friends around the world, On April 25th, it is Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel. We will be studying about the Holocaust when we return on Monday and Tuesday. I have added the topic to the discussion board and invite educators and children to write their feelings on the Holocaust. Also, our Holocaust unit which is a growing resource has tremendous materials online and also beautiful worksheets that can be downloaded and used for everyone. See: Also see Partner's
activities: There is a lot on the site. I wish to thank Keren from Irone Zion for the beautiful lesson about Janucz Korczak. The lesson plan is beautiful and includes worksheets and resources. I also wish to thank Glen from Canada for his wonderful contribution, Hawhana from North Carolina for the beautiful materials and pictures. Last but not least from Texas special thanks to Elaine and her 8th graders. The work is awesome and is there for everyone to use. I do not have to stress the importance of this unit. If anyone does anything, please send along and even take a few pictures of the kids working. I want to add as many schools as possible for everyone in Globaldreamers around the world. Thank you. Our spring unit is coming
beautifully too. Have a look. I wish you all a wonderful
week full of happiness and joy, April 12, 2006 To all the globaldreamers and friends around the world, I am the recipient for the GSN Online Shared Learning Award for 2006!!!! I am thrilled and excited to send you all the wonderful news! I want to thank all of the wonderful educators who have made Globaldreamers the excellent project that it is today. I also thank Janet for nominating me. Special thanks to Brad, Rozalija, Nicki, Pam, Bronwyn, John, Lilian, and Rob for the excellent testimonials!!! I am so proud of all of you. I will be coming to San Diego, California on July 3rd to receive this prestigious award and take part in the NECC Conference. This is probably one of the most exciting moments of my life. I am so full of emotions now and it is hard for me to write. Thank you all for caring and trying to make a better world for the children around the world. Love and gratitude to all of you, Dear Friends, I
feel so happy and honored. I have worked day and night to bring Globaldreamers
to what it is today. On line education is so important and I can only
thank all of the wonderful and caring educators! Thank you all for being
our partners and friends as we all strive to make a better world. The children
and I will be on Passover vacation for three weeks starting April 4th.
When we return there will be the national Holocaust Day in Israel. I
again invite anyone to send book recommendations they are using with
their classes, work from the site and there is so much. Have a look at
teacher's resources. I wish to send special thanks to Mayra from Puerto
Rico for the wonderful work she sent this week for the site. Take advantage
of these materials which are a growing resource for all. I know many of you
are on vacation for spring and I wish everyone a much deserved rest and
enjoyment with friends and families. March 22 Dear Friends, There are many teachers re-registering to the board and we are almost at 600! Thank you and if there are problems, please let me know. There are many interesting topics on the board, please
join us. This is the link to spring. We are only beginning and welcome
any all materials. I also want to tell you that we had visitors from Yad Vashem at Ein Ganim School yesterday from Jerusalem. They were so impressed with the innovative way of teaching the Holocaust on Globaldreamers. Our national day in Israel is in April and I invite you all to see the wonderful activities and worksheets on the site. I know many educators are on spring vacation and I hope you all enjoy
it. March 12 Dear Friends, There are some new and interesting topics written by Pam Eason. Please encourage kids to go on and write. Our next project will be spring after Purim. Go onto the awesome Purim
activities and enjoy. Go onto to share and click on the activities. I thank Amalia and Lieven for the awesome Carnival pictures. They too are on share under celebrations and carnivals. I also thank Nicki for the cutest dog praying in our pet gallery. I appreciate all of your help with the discussion board. Teachers may go on and register and then I will authorize accounts. This is to keep the board as safe as possible. Just
send me the usernames and I will take care of everything. February 26 Dear Educators, So it may take us another week or so to get things loaded up but do not worry, everything will be done soon. Again I am thanking my special friend and colleague
Janet for helping Globaldreamers find a new server with loads of space
and for caring about us! Also on celebrations we have some awesome links. Waiting to hear from all of you and thanking all of you for the wonderful materials that you are sending for the benefit of all the educators and children in the project. I have also started the Purim topic on the discussion board so please join in and share your culture with us. Best wishes and waiting to hear from all of you, February 13 Dear friends, See: My
kids are loving every minute!! and finally enjoy the Valentine's day
activities! Click on the link below (or copy the link and paste
it into your Internet browser address), to listen to my message: February 5 Dear Friends, I have created some new resources
for the kids. Also
check out the gift of love which now has five schools: Thanks to Janet Julian Middle School USA, Malgotzata,SPOT language schooland Of Poland Mayra Academia San Ignacio de Loyola Of Puerto Rico for the wonderful work!! Of course the kids from Ein Ganim Israel did their part too! Special thanks to Inami art club Japan. It is awesome. We are hoping for more Valentine's work from all of you. Also, classroom pics with kids will
be welcome and added to the site. Wishing
you all love and happiness, joy and peace on Valentine's day. Kindest regards and waiting to hear from
all of you, February 2, 2006 Dear Friends, May the gift of love be in the hearts of all Globaldreamers
everywhere! January 30 Good morning to all the global educators and friends, To hear my beautiful voice, hehe, click on the message below. Please join
us. January 26, 2006 Hello to all of the Globaldreamers in the project!! Special thanks to a group of excellent people ! Click on the link below (or copy the
link and paste it into your Internet browser address), to listen to my
message: January 18, 2006 Dear Friends, The importance of the United Nation declaring this as the first international day is extemely important. I invite any teachers from any schools in any country to use our unit. The unit: The activities and
downloads: Best wishes for a better
and safer world for all globaldreamers everywhere. January 14, 2006 Dear educators and friends, Martin Luther King Day is a holiday that is being commemorated in the U.S. and I started a discussion about King, non-violence, and his dream for peace and equality. I also invite everyone to write about Great leaders of our time. It is up and special thanks to Brian for suggesting the topic The first International Remembrance Day for the Holocaust was declared at the United Nations by President Bush. I have been busy making materials and with the help of Janet and Noreen the unit is special. It is not completely finished and we are still adding materials that will be on line and also worksheets for your convenience to download and use with the kids.If anyone has anything to contribute I will add to the unit. If anyone has a story to add, we will do that gladly too. Also, teachers who are planning on participating please write me and we will add you to our participants list. Since it is actually on January 27th I wanted to inform you so you may take advantage of the unit which I have dedicated to my Mom, God rest her soul. Israel will also be commemorating the National Holocaust Day which is by law the major day for remembering the Holocaust. See: http://www.globaldreamers.org/holocaust/active/index.html I wish everyone a wonderful 2006 full
of love, hopes and many globaldreams. January 12, 2006 To all the Globaldreamers and friends!!! I have all of my friends and children around the world to thank for this honor. See: We are still writing about our Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and praying for his recovery. I thank everyone for leaving messages. I will be adding a message in memory of Martin Luther King and leaders who fought against violence. Please join us. January 5, 2006 Shalom dear Friends, Just recently the kids and I wrote about him. We are building a site for the GVC competition with my special friend Janet and a class from India. Our site which will tell about special people and heroes features Ariel Sharon who was chosen by my 6th graders. I can not begin to tell you how hard it is to watch the news and see the sadness everywhere. He has done so much for Israel and taken brave actions for fulfilling peace. He will not be forgotten by his country. May God bless you , your classes and schools for being our globaldreamers in good and bad times. I have started a topic on the discussion board asking everyone to pray for our fine prime minister Ariel Sharon, a man with a vision and a hope for peace for the future of all mankind. Sincerely, Archive 2005 |